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PHOTOS: Always Dreaming Wins the 143rd Kentucky Derby

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Always Dreaming, ridden by jockey John Valezquez, won the 143rd Kentucky Derby on a muddy track ahead of 19 other athletes at Churchhill Downs on May 6, 2017. See the photos.

Always Dreaming, ridden by jockey John Valezquez, won the 143rd Kentucky Derby on a muddy track ahead of 19 other athletes at Churchhill Downs on May 6, 2017. It is the second Derby win for both Valezquez and Always Dreaming's owner, Todd Pletcher.